Well, once again it's been a while since I posted anything... And a lot has happened since my last post!

Jeremy and I made it home to Melbourne for Christmas, which was great. The hot and muggy weather hit us right between the eyes, having just come from a city where the average max temperature was 12 degrees celcius. I had a few days in Sydney and saw my family up there, and then headed home to Melbourne for Christmas Day. And who would've thought we'd have a 'white' Christmas? We had a few minutes of hail in Macleod, and it was fantastic. Made me feel much less guilty eating a giant roast dinner, with all the trimmings, when it was 14 degrees outside!!

Just after New Year's, Jeremy and I headed to Sydney to visit my family before we headed back overseas. Bruce came along for the journey, to visit a friend from London that lives up there. It made the trip up SOOOOO much easier, having the 3 drivers. It was lovely to have that time up there, we really just took it slow and had some fun. Jeremy was able to catch up with some friends from Uni, and we got to take our time seeing my family and the time just flew.

When we got back from Sydney, and Jeremy's visa came through (a long story) it kind of dawned on us both that we had a little over a week until we left for Hong Kong, and then for London. We tried to squeeze in as many people as we could see, and time was of the essence. Had a few family BBQs, caught up with people for lunch, anything we could fit in. We were due to leave on the Sunday, and the Thursday before I realised that we weren't going to fit in seeing everyone that we wanted. SO, I had the great idea of having an Afternoon Tea and invited everyone that we didn't get to see that week. We actually had a really lovely time, plenty of food and drink to go around, and it was great to see everyone.

After that, it left me a short while to pack before I left for Hong Kong the next morning. I remembered everything (apart from my toothbrush, believe it or not!!) and we both made it to the airport on time. After a decent wait at the airport, as our plane was delayed by 3 hours, we made it to Hong Kong safely. Didn't make it to Jeremy's Uncle Peter's place til after midnight, but he was there to meet us. It was great to meet him, and fantastic to have a 'local' recommend things to us. We checked out Mong Kok, great for electronics, Stanley Markets and 'The Peak' in the three days we had in the city. Each night, we had a restuarant recommended by Jeremy's Uncle Peter, and each one was different and a great experience. From his apartment in Kowloon, we had an uniterrupted view of the Hong Kong skyline, and it was fantastic at night. We were lucky enough to be able to watch the light show every night, and some photos (like the one at the top of this page) came out quite well. Also, I highly recommend "The Peak" to anyone that's visiting Hong Kong, just be aware that that the tram ride up there is a little scary. At times, it felt like we were going completely vertical, and I had my doubts the whole way about whether it would make it up the top in one piece, but we did. It was VERY hazy, quite typical of Hong Kong so I'm told, but the view was spectacular and it's definitely a place I'd like to revisit at some point.

We upgraded on points to Business Class for the trip from Hong Kong to London, and it was well worth it. It was a day flight the whole way, I didn't really sleep at all. But it turned out to be quick flight, with many many movies to watch along with some episodes of the Simpsons and Kath & Kim, I was set. On the first night in London, Jeremy and I both made it to about 8pm, then the jetlag hit us. The next day was Australia Day, and we got all our errands done and headed out to Clapham to meet with Jemery and Gin and co., and ended up in Aussie Central. It was a fun night, but again, come 11pm or so I was buggered, so we got back on the tube (slept all the way...) and made it back to East Ham. Saturday I took Jeremy to Camden, and showed him the markets and where I spent a lot of time when I was here in 2006. It was crazy busy, but we had a great day, and went out with Dave and Sarah (the couple who we're staying with) to dinner in Canary Wharf.

Anyway, so that's where we are. In London, in the cold weather, looking for an apartment and a job. Back to square one for me!! There will be another post when either of those two happen, I assure you!!